Microsoft: The hole enchilada

is this some kind of joke? cause nothing makes sense here...you guys just believe in MS bashing, don't you?

It's concerning to me xyz that you have to ask whether or not this is a joke. Though you have a point that they're about 5 years late to the "bash Microsoft" party.

the parking lot is real, as are {{some}} of the facts in the blog. the rest is satire (aka 'Microsoft bashing, to some people, and 'harmless fun' to others).

cheers,

rxc

> you guys just believe in MS bashing, don't you?

Speaking strictly for myself ... Yes, absolutely.

Starbucks doesn't have franchises. All the stores are corporate owned -- much like Google's datacenters -- the comparison is accurate if flawed.

But isn't the real question "If they build it, will they come?" Or better yet, is this just Microsoft digging a deeper hole for themselves?

You know, if you can't take a joke, you must be a Microsoftie.

I used to be one.

for anyone to take "MS bashing" personally is a pointless isn't it? they're merely opinions. some based on fact, some fantasy, or some combination thereof, but editorial opinions nonetheless. and, like @$$holes, everybody has one. that's the beauty of the free-speaking world. we can fill up the void with all kinds of useless banter, but in the end, empires will fall, the sun will eventually go supernova and we will be but an insigificant ripple in the river of time.

but in the meantime, keeping filling the void with useless banter. it's entertaining.

If you choose to read a snarky column, you shouldn't complain about it. Geez...

Oh come on, where would the fun be in that? If you've got nothing important to say, then just make something up and post it anyway. Ya just never know what kind of reaction it may garner.

Case in point...this post... :-)

Classic Cringe, Just CLASSIC! BTW, I heard that upon restarting your car you will get a message on your windscreen that your car may be at risk unles you download the latest road patch... :)

Your parking structure column has been an epiphany for me -- I suddenly realized that from complex licensing to waiting in line for service Microsoft has adopted the business model of the Department of Motor Vehicles -- Everything is clear at last!

I hear that iPhones wont work in the garage.

For jake107, Sorry I'm late, but the Sun won't go supernova. It's much too small. It will die a lengthy, relatively quiet, death as an ordinary nova.

For K.A.

Sorry I'm even later. You're right that the sun cannot go supernova. Nor will it ever be a nova. The progression will be Red Giant, Planetary Nebula, White Dwarf, Black Dwarf.

And then, maybe, Blue Screen of Death.